Tracy’s Shade Garden

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Today we ’re visiting with Tracy Tallman in Southern Ontario .

We dwell on a very shaded country lot . This limits our plant choices considerably . Our repeat favorites includeHosta(Zones 3–9 ) , hellebores(Helleborushybrids , Zones 5–8),Heuchera(Zones 5–9 ) , bleeding hearts(Dicentrasp . ) , Japanese ferns(Athyriumniponicum , Zones 3–8 ) , grasses , andground covers . Naturalmossis growing in between the route stones . It ’s a wonderfully calming haven .

The attempt - and - true nicety fan that Tracy gardens with make a terrific lush garden . The backcloth is a Nebraska fern Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( Tsugacanadensis , Zones 3–7 ) . In front , a bleed kernel ( Dicentraspectabilis , Zones 2–8 ) and hostas bestow leaf in a potpourri of colour , shapes , andtextures .

Every quoin of a garden offers a chance to lend some beautiful plants . Native Virginia crawler ( Parthenocissusquinquefolia , Zones 3–9 ) mince the chain of mountains - tie fence withclimbing greenery .

Hostas in every shadiness of green , from massive to midget , line the fence .

Though thehelleboreshave long since end up flowering , their plague - resistant , evergreen foliagestill contributes to the garden .

Climbing hydrangea(Hydrangeaanomalasubsp.petiolaris , Zones 4–8 ) covers this construction with lush green foliage and ticklish spray of white flower . Thisvinecan be slow - growing at first , but once it gets show it becomes a huge , beautiful part of the garden . It reckon like the four - legged garden residents bask it as well .

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